This reminds me of a satirical headline that I saw regarding the bridge over the Mississippi River that collapsed recently. "Bridge falls...Women and Minorities Hit Hardest" http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38770 When the United Nations … [Read more...] about Climate Crisis Gender Bias: A Note from Woody
Asian Brown Clouds
Readers may already have seen the ABC News story 'Big brown Asian cloud blamed for glacial melting.' This story is based on a new paper published in the weekly journal Nature, also featured in the News and Views section. The paper, which looks at … [Read more...] about Asian Brown Clouds
Lockwood and Frohlich, Part 2
‘Recent oppositely directed trends in solar climate forcings and the global mean surface air temperature’ There’s nothing really new in this paper, which is a review partly written in response to the controversial Wag TV documentary ‘The Great … [Read more...] about Lockwood and Frohlich, Part 2
Toxic Dolphins: A Note from Ann Novek
Japanese officials have publicly condemned the eating of dolphin meat especially in school lunches due to mercury contamination: “We tested some samples purchased at the Gyokyo supermarket in Taiji and Super Center Okuwa in the nearby city of Shingu … [Read more...] about Toxic Dolphins: A Note from Ann Novek
Register Now for the AEF Conference: Melbourne, Saturday September 8, 2007
Don Burke and many others will be at the Australian Environment Foundation Conference on Saturday 8th September. Professor Bob Carter, a foundation member of the AEF, will talk on the myths of climate change. Dr Ziggy Switkowski, the chair of the … [Read more...] about Register Now for the AEF Conference: Melbourne, Saturday September 8, 2007
Chris Hogendyk and the Marsh Block
In May 2005 Chris Hogendyk became aware of a small 260ha property located in the heart of the Macquarie Marshes that was for sale. The property had been used for cattle grazing for over 150 years, and was in a rather sad state after 5 years of … [Read more...] about Chris Hogendyk and the Marsh Block